Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Full reference: R. N. Nelson. 1925. A contribution to the paleontology of the Martinez Eocene of California. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 15(11):397-466
Belongs to Fusinus (Levifusus) according to R. N. Nelson 1925
Sister taxa: Fusinus (Levifusus) calabasasensis, Fusus (Levifusus) palaeocenicus, Fusus (Levifusus) trabeatus, Levifusus angelicus, Levifusus brauneri, Levifusus fulguriparens, Levifusus maputi, Levifusus moodianus, Levifusus mortoni, Levifusus mortonii, Levifusus mortonopsis, Levifusus pagodiformis, Levifusus woolfei, Levifusus yochelsoni
Type specimen: UC 30492, a shell. Its type locality is UCMP loc. 3776, Runkle Canyon, which is in a Selandian marine horizon in the Santa Susana Formation of California.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of United States (2: California collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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